TT—32.

TT-32 (Tim Turns 32) was a personal project celebrating my 32nd birthday. Unfortunately, Covid-19 happened, and the dinner never happened, but thankfully the website did.

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The site started as a build to experiment with all kinds of stuff I'd wanted to try, such as 3D graphics, background blur filters, fancy typography, and most of all, a horizontal scroll (which you should never use, except when you're doing a cool project like this).

I used the horizontal scroll as a design technique to symbolize the passing of time (fitting for a birthday party). Much like how a movie passes by your eyes, it feels like a journey.

It was a lot of fun, and I learned a great deal about scroll-in triggers that tend to get wonky in combination with a horizontal scroll. Apart from that,  making 3D graphics look like futuristic ice cream made me crave real thing all the time.

Services
UX/UI Design
Prototyping
Creative Direction
The Loading screen.
A tablet on a grey background displaying the TT-32 website homepage hero section
The Homepage Hero.
Full Page Scroll-Through
3D graphic of a pointy green swirl
Inspired by ice cream, but different.
Mobile Coming Soon Screen for the  TT-32 website
Mobile Coming Soon Screen for the  TT-32 website
Mobile Coming Soon Screen for the  TT-32 website
Instagram Story images.
Hover over mouse position animation.
A tablet on a grey background displaying the TT-32 RSVP section of the page
RSVP Section of the page.

And...ah 1, 2, 3D

I love making 3D graphics in my spare time, and I'm amazed at what you can do with textures and modeling shapes. For this project, I got inspired by the form of ice cream, the one thing I eat a lot on my birthday.

I modeled various abstract shapes and made them look like futuristic ice cream and cakes. Then, inspired by the twist in the candles we usually place on the cake, I designed the number-shaped graphics with a similar inward twirl.

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Zoomed in detail shot of a 3D green swirl
A rippled 3D orb
A butterfly shaped 3D graphic bow
3D graphic of the number '32'
A 3D graphic of the number '32'
A collection of 3D graphics created for the TT-32 website
A collection of graphics used for the Instagram invitation.
Client
Personal
Services
Creative Director
Lead Webflow Developer
Sector
Birthday Specials
Year
2020
Details
Design
Timothy Maurer
Development
Timothy Maurer
Strategy
Timothy Maurer
Creative Direction
Timothy Maurer
Team